Gargoyles- Stone statues depicting hideous monsters that are said to chase away evil. What if the legends are closer to the truth than anyone knew? The Obsidian Guardians lived in daylight as statues of their spirit animals and stalked the night in human form. They were created by witches as protectors to those families who were entrusted with magic. Chosen families born only to keep a balance in nature and save humanity from dark forces.
Wren is a Private Investigator with a tragic past. She mostly deals with fraud and cheating spouses but when she is on a doomed cruise ship that mysteriously goes down in Lake Superior, she is thrust into a world of darkness ad death. All the towns that sit along the shores of the Great Lakes are in danger including her home of Fortitude. Will she be able to find her own self worth and fight back the evil that prevents her from reaching her full potential?
Theo is a guardian with a secret. She is looking for the Father of Death, Osteran. Her anger with the Order and the release of the God, she has to rein in her feeling to try and find a pattern in all the tragedies that have been happening along the coast of Fortitude. When she finds Wren after her accident something awakens in her that she had never known.
Together, Wren and Theo have to figure why ferries and cruise ships are being attacked in the Great Lakes, while they both try to come to terms with their pasts and try to build a future. As the body count gets higher, Olivia joins the team and someone unexpected fights the good fight.